Bronze for Karabardak and Perry in Argentina

Paul Karabardak and Martin Perry combined to win bronze in the men’s class 14 doubles on the final day of the Para Copa Tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Welsh/Scottish partnership came through their group unbeaten after 3-0 wins against Felipe Amorim De Oliveira and Gilberto Onofre from Brazil and the two Argentinian pairs of Aleksy Nikolas Kaniuka/Emanuel Emiliano Martinez Alcalde and Rodrigo Ariel Demoor/Cristian Alberto Canteros. That took them through to the semi-finals where they lost 3-0 to Ignacio Hernan Torres Orostica and Claudio Benjamin Bahamondes Vega from Chile.

“The doubles went really well up until the semi-final,” said Perry. “It’s been a while since Paul and I have played together and we enjoyed ourselves. Obviously we’re disappointed not to have gone further than the semi-final but credit to Chile they played really well and really clever.”

Self-funded Simon Heaps and his French partner also topped their group after three wins out of three but were beaten 3-0 in the quarterfinals by Lucas Carvalhal Arabian and Jean Carlo De Oliveira Padilho from Brazil.